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Aerophilately & Crash/Wreck
Countries A - B (including Boer War)
Cape of Good Hope Pre-Adhesive Period until 1853
Cape of Good Hope Triangular & Rectangular Periods from 1853 (incl Mafeking & Vryburg)
Countries C - O (including Literature)
Countries P - R (Southern Rhodesia in next section)
Countries S - Z (South Africa in next section)
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..qrpbl/097cuv 1853 PORT ELIZABETH to CAPE TOWN: Folded letter wrapper endorsed "ppd" and rated "4" in red manuscript and bearing a strong clear strike of the oval PORT ELIZABETH / PAID datestamp of APRL 29 1853. VF, rare. Signed: Collins. ..qrpbl/097
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..ensbd/061cuv 1858 DOUBLE PACKET RATE envelope from Graham's Town to Ireland franked with SQUARE PAIR 1/- BRIGHT YELLOW GREEN (SG 8) triangulars full wide margins all round, just cut in at one corner. Relevant transit and arrival marks including Cape Packet / Devonport etc. Cover endorsed "per mail steamer", red "1/8" accountancy marking. Attractive example of this rare double 1/- rate. VF. Photo-cert: PFSA. ..ensbd/061
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..wgksd/017cuv 1860 SOLDIER'S LETTER to Scotland franked 1d deep rose-red Triangular (SG 5b). A fine example of the PENNY CONCESSIONARY RATE. Sender was "John McIntosh, Sapper, Royal Engineers", cover bearing required endorsements and Officer's countersignature for this military concessionary rate. Adhesive is lightly cancelled leaving Hope clear, has strong colour, margins all around (overlaps cover at right). Transit marks of Cape Town JA 19, London FE 28 & Edinburgh FE 29. A rare cover. ..wgksd/017
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    Cape of Good Hope
    .rsrgri/031cuv 1861 COMPLETE NEWSPAPER being the February 9th edition of "The South African Advertiser and Mail" addressed in the hand of artist Thomas Baines to his mother Mrs J Baines in Lyme Regis, England, at the 1d NEWSPAPER RATE. This special postage rate paid by single 1d deep rose-red triangular (SG 5b), clear to large margins all around excepting just touching along bottom right. Few complete newspapers illustrating this rate have survived. A rarity! Photo-cert: PFSA. This edition includes at top left front an advertisement for the purchase of 50 copies of the newspaper for 2nd & 6th February (which a manuscript endorsement in another hand records "these copies contain the correspondence between Mr Baines and Dr Livingstone, the Foreign and Colonial Offices"). Note: At this time Thomas Baines had returned to the Cape in disgrace at having been dismissed by Livingstone from the Zambezi expedition accused of theft. By this correspondence Baines was obviously keeping his mother informed on what had been presented in the local press regarding the charges brought against him. The newspaper also records under the jottings of "The Hermit of Adderley Street"... "One of the most painful histories I have read for a long time is that detailed in the lately published Baines correspondence..." (highlighted by Baines in red pen). A rare newspaper franking with the added interest of it's Africana historical significance. .rsrgri/031
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    Cape of Good Hope
    .48E595/124cuv 1865 PENNY RATE: De La Rue 1d triangular on entire from Hottentots-Holland (Somerset West) (SP 5) to Cape Town. Arrival cds SP 6 65 on front. Adhesive touched along left side but neatly cancelled leaving Hope clear. Rare 1d franking. Ex Goldblatt. .48E595/124
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...XGND/117cuv 1865 PENNY RATE: De La Rue 1d deep red brown (SG 18a) on letter wrapper Stellenbosch (oval datestamp on reverse JY 21) to Cape Town (cds JY 22 on front). Adhesive slightly cut in at left corner, other margins huge. Rare franking, neat small format cover. Photo-cert: PFSA. ...XGND/117
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..qrggx/104cuv 1865 OFS via CAPE TOWN to Glasgow, Scotland: Envelope "Per Royal Mail Steamer" originating in the Orange Free State rated "6" in manuscript (for the internal postage, as per the well-known Hope correspondence) and bearing a square pair of De La Rue 6d BRIGHT MAUVE (SG 20) triangulars (for the overseas postage) cancelled by bold numeral 1 with alongside Cape Town cds. The adhesives with bright colour and margins on three sides; cut in along left side. An exceedingly rare stamp on cover, this being one of very few known covers. An exhibition piece. The 6d De La Rue is particularly elusive used on cover due to the introduction of the rectangulars and increase of overseas postal rates to 1/-. ..qrggx/104
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..xtfjn/032cuv 1867 FORWARDING AGENTS WRAPPER: Large portion wrapper from India ("Robert & Charriol, Calcutta") "Per Str Mongolia" addressed to forwarding agents "Thomson Watson & Co, Cape Town". Calcutta PAID and UNPAID handstamps in red and blue on reverse. Unshipped at Port Elizabeth OC 15 and sent overland to Cape Town arriving 18 OC. Boxed red strike "INSUFFICIENT". Nice range of markings. ..xtfjn/032
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...3621/120cuv 1868 Cover from Murraysburg (cds AU 17) to Cape Town (cds AU 20) franked 4d (SG 24). Fine. ...3621/120
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...eika/011cuv 1873 PENNY RATE: OBSERVATORY to Claremont: Small format envelope franked 1d Hope seated tied by triangular canceller. Front shows departure cds JY 3 1873 with arrival cds ("7" for "73" on reverse). F-VF, scarce. ...eika/011
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ....XCV/057cuv 1873 PENNY RATE CAPE TOWN LETTER - Envelope franked 1d Hope seated tied by light BONC 1 with proving Cape Town cds JU 12 alongside. Claremont arrival mark on reverse and imprinted seal of "HIS EXCELLENCY-THE GOVERNOR-CAPE OF GOOD HOPE" on backflap. Elusive local rate. Superb. ....XCV/057
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ....vns/079cuv 1875 CLAREMONT to MOWBRAY: PENNY RATE envelope addressed "Dr Blake, Mowbray" franked 1d Hope seated tied by small triangular defacer. The front shows departure and arrival cds's both dated MY 17. Fine, scarce. ....vns/079
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...etrt/036cuv 1875 Queenstown "DROP LETTER" at 1d rate. This local rate was sanctioned for Cape Town in 1860 and Port Elizabeth in 1861 but was only introduced for the Eastern Frontier inland towns from the 1870s. Very scarce. ...etrt/036
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...yuba/066cuv 1876 PENNY RATE - CAPE TOWN to MOWBRAY: Attractive small format envelope franked 1d Hope seated tied by clear BONC 1 with VF Cape Town "C" cds JU 16 alongside. Front also shows arrival cds. Scarce cover proving "cheap rate" between neighbouring towns. VF. ...yuba/066
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ....NGB/varcuv 1877 Neat small format PENNY RATE cover used locally on NEW YEAR'S DAY (JA 1) within Cape Town. Franked 1d Hope seated tied by VF clear cds with further strike alongside. Slight toning, nonetheless charming & attractive. Scarce rate. ....NGB/var
    Price: $ 180    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ..gsgbb/040cuv 1878-81 PORT ALFRED REISSUED OCTAGONAL HANDSTAMP 51: Attractive group of 9 covers from same correspondence all illustrating scarce late use of reissued octagonal handstamp.Various rectangular frankings. F-VF group decisively proving Barth's hypothesis of a Type 2 implement for the Octagonal 51. ..gsgbb/040
    Price: $ 1435    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ..nskpw/088cuv 1881 REDIRECTED CAPE/GB COMBINATION COVER initially from Hopetown to London and thence redirected. Franked Cape 6d rectangular tied barred numeral 19 of Hopetown together with cds JU 17; GB 1d venetian red added in London to pay redirection fee. VF, most attractive, scarce thus. ..nskpw/088
    Price: $ 410    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ...BBNE/080cuv 1881 SWELLENDAM to CAPE TOWN: Envelope franked 3d (SG 40a) tied clear REISSUED OCTAGONAL HANDSTAMP 30 with Swellendam cds NO 28. Few isolated tone spots not detracting from scarce late use of octagonal handstamp. Fine. ...BBNE/080
    Price: $ 295    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ...wukq/116P c1882 DIE PROOF for QV 1d Postal Stationery: Stampsize die proof taken in black and affixed countersunk in card. Design as used for postcards and lettercards. Scarce. ...wukq/116
    Price: $ 450    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ...wukr/116P c1882 DIE PROOF for QV ½d Postal Stationery: Stampsize die proof taken in black and affixed countersunk in buff card. Design as used for postcards. Scarce. ...wukr/116
    Price: $ 450    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ..nsuuk/107P c1882 DIE PROOF for QV 4d Registration Envelope: Stampsize die proof taken in black and affixed countersunk in buff card. Attractive, VF, scarce. ..nsuuk/107
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...7191/va8cuv 1890 KENDREW STATION to GRAAFF REINET: QV ½d card with VF (complete and clear) departure cds AU 1. Reverse shows arrival mark. One corner fault but a nice railway item and a very scarce postmark. F. ...7191/va8
    Price: $ 40    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ..jirps/097P 1891 QV Stationery Envelope: 1d HANDPAINTED ESSAY in close-to-issued design. In rose wash on buff tracing paper 55x77mm dated "SEP 3 91". Unique archival piece, superb, most attractive. Ex De La Rue archives. ..jirps/097
    Price: $ 4180    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ...rpgh/114cuv 1892 Advertising envelope of the "Mercantile Corporation of the United States and South Africa" from Cape Town (indistinct bonc 1) to the USA franked 1d. Presumably printed paper rate. Fair-F, unusual destination, scarce rating. ...rpgh/114
    Price: $ 75    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ....4HT/111cuv 1894 PROVING COVER BONC 14: Envelope franked 1d Hope seated tied by the full clear BONC, alongside Uitenhage cds (partial). Port Elizabeth cds on reverse. VF, a scarce BONC on cover. ....4HT/111
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...gckm/097cuv 1895 CORK CANCEL PROVING COVER: GARDENS to MOSSEL BAY: Cover franked 1d Hope Standing superbly tied by complete cork cancel - shaped as multi-segmented retta style forming a circle. Front shows Gardens TO departure cds JU 19 with transit (Cape Town JU 19) and arrival mark (Mossel Bay JU 21) on reverse. Attractive, very rare. ...gckm/097
    Price: $ 985    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ....nuf/114cuv 1896 PENNY RATE letter from Pearston (indistinct cds) via Cradock to Achter Sneeuwberg arriving 22 JU. F-VF example of this scarce rate. ....nuf/114
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...bsph/040cuv 1896 PROVING CARD MALMESBURY BONC 215: 1d QV Letter Card from "Garibaldi Toucher, Artesian Well Borer, Malmsbury 30.10.96" superbly postmarked with BONC 215 and full clear proving cds 31 OC. VF. ...bsph/040
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..4fsgo/107cuv 1897 Registered envelope COLESBERG to MOSSEL BAY franked 2x2½d Hope seated tied by FAKED STRIKES OF small triangular defacer IN RED with alongside departure cds MR 2. Backstamped PORT ELIZABETH MR 3 and arrival MR 8. Interesting Jurgensiana! ..4fsgo/107
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..vsiub/090cuv 1897 SOLDIER'S LETTER from a private in the King's Royal Rifles "7531 Pte A Copling H Coy 2nd KRR" to England (arrival JY 1). Franked 1d Hope Standing tied PO Cape Town squared circle JU 9. VF example of the PENNY CONCESSIONARY RATE, the cover bearing required endorsements and Officer's countersignature for the military concessionary rate. Attractive, scarce. ..vsiub/090
    Price: $ 615    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ...7169/052cuv 1898 MOUNT STEWART to JOHANNESBURG: QV 4d registration envelope additionally franked Hope standing 1dx2 tied by two strikes of cds JA 24 98 WITH THE "4" INSERTED IN MANUSCRIPT IN BOTH STRIKES. Reverse shows similar cds again with manuscript "4"; and also MIDLAND UP cds. F-VF. ...7169/052
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...iips/027cuv/S/V 1898-1901 1d carmine on buff postcard (H&G 15). F unused handstamped "ULTRAMAR". This defacement was applied by the Portuguese authorities prior to distribution of foreign specimens to their overseas colonies. A trifle evenly tropicalised and tiny pinhole - see scan. Scarce. ...iips/027
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..bsscv/106cuv 1898 SOLDIERS LETTER from "7531 Pte A. Copling M I Coy." to England using pre-printed Regimental stationery of the 2nd Batt. KING’S ROYAL RIFLES. Franked 1d Hope Standing tied squared circle NO 2 with arrival mark NO 19 98 on reverse. VF example of the PENNY CONCESSIONARY RATE, the cover bearing required endorsements and Officer's countersignature for the military rate. Attractive, scarce. ..bsscv/106
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...hpnn/107cuv 1901 DWAAL to GRAHAMS TOWN: Cover franked 1d Table Mountain clearly tied by DWAAL CGH cds (rated RRRR by Putzel) and dated OC 14 (no year slug). Front shows Grahams Town Passed Press Censor mark in mauve and reverse postmarks of NAAUWPOORT 15 OC (transit) and GRAHAMS TOWN OC 16 (arrival). VF, nice item. ...hpnn/107
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...6frh/107cuv 1901 WITMOS STATION to GRAHAMS TOWN: 1d QV Stationery envelope showing superb postmark of Witmos Station 23 AP - arrival mark same date on reverse. F. ...6frh/107
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...688R/010cuv 1904 GLEN HARRY to BLOEMFONTEIN: Postcard franked KEVII 1d superbly tied by complete clear departure cds JY 15. Very scarce. ...688R/010
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..vsppq/125cuv 1904 PROVING COVER for Barred Numeral canceller 1289 of OLIPHANT'S HOEK addressed to Johannesburg. Franked Edward 1d tied by neat light BONC, brilliant Oliphant's Hoek cds of OC 23 04 struck at top right. On reverse, transit and arrival marks respectively of Kuruman & Fordsburg. A most attractive cover illustrating this previously unproven numeral and its use at the tiny rural post office at Oliphant's Hoek (tr: "Elephant's Corner") (region Vryburg) which opened in March 1904. VF, rare. ..vsppq/125
    Price: $ 575    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ...ttsy/voncuv 1905 Postcard (Public buildings, PO Uitenhage - colour) franked ½d tied double ring cds ADDERLEY STREET PE. Scarce postmark. Toning around adhesive. ...ttsy/von
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ....STA/VTOcuv 1906 GRAHAMS TOWN STATION to BLUE CLIFF STATION: Envelope franked 1d tied by superb cds. On reverse, cds marks of Grahams Town, Port Elizabeth, Blue Cliff. VF, light toning. ....STA/VTO
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...tthh/varcuv 1906 PIER HEAD to ENGLAND: Colour postcard (Camps Bay) franked KEVII 1d superbly tied full clear PIER HEAD CAPE TOWN cds MY 14. Putzel rating RRR - Post Office open for only 2 years. F-VF. ...tthh/var
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...hfat/varcuv 1906 PIER HEAD to ENGLAND: Colour postcard franked KEVII ½d x 2 superbly tied full clear PIER HEAD CAPE TOWN cds SP 18. Putzel rating RRR - post office open only 2 years. VF. ...hfat/var
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...krra/107cuv 1906 PROVING COVER for SHILOH BARRED NUMERAL 1083: Envelope to Germany franked KEVII 2x1d & ½d clearly tied complete BONC and alongside Shiloh cds SP 3. Reverse shows Whittlesea and Queenstown transits, Herrnhut arrival. VF, scarce. ...krra/107
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..lspub/058cuv 1906 REPLY PAID CARD USE TO RUSSIA: 4kpk RUSSIAN REPLY PAID CARD (the response section) mailed per Kenilworth Castle from Cape Town (machine cancel JAN 16 1906) to Bjornoborg (Finland) with relevant arrival mark on front. Message on reverse from sender, shipping agents Poppe, Schunhoff & Guttery. A very rare surviving use illustrative of the reply paid service. VF. ..lspub/058
    Price: $ 465    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ....1563/90cuv 1907 CRADOCK STATION to PORT ELIZABETH: Postcard franked KEVII ½d clearly tied by the small Cradock Station cds FE 2. Arrival mark on reverse. F-VF. ....1563/90
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..aaatn/varcuv 1908 KALABAS KRAAL to BRANDFORT: Picture postcard (colour - Strand Street CT) franked KEVII ½d tied complete clear cds OC 12 & mauve ORC arrival cds 14 OCT. F. Kalabas Kraal rated RRR by Putzel. ..aaatn/var
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...LTJW/689cuv 1910 GRAHAMS TOWN STATION to PORT ELIZABETH: Postcard franked KEVII ½d tied by full clear departure cds JA 7. ...LTJW/689
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ..ottxa/varcuv 1910 TOOTABI to HIGHLANDS: Postcard franked KEVII ½d (light toning around adhesive) tied by complete clear CGH departure cds JA 17 with arrival mark alongside. F, scarce. ..ottxa/var
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    Cape of Good Hope
    ...nhtr/124o 1855-63 6d slate-lilac on blued paper (SG 7c). Fair-F/U example, small but clear margins all round, portion Barred Oval cancel. Scarce stamp. (cv£450). ...nhtr/124
    Price: $ 295    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ..lprrh/040P 1877: COLOUR TRIAL IN PALE SALMON of the 1871-76 1d USED AS A PERFORATION TRIAL. Right marginal horizontal block of twelve on gummed Crown CC watermarked paper. This block is part of a pane of sixty which was attached to a card dated 29 SEP 1877 ex the De La Rue archives. VF, a rare rectangular period archival piece. (with copy photo-cert: Holcombe for similar). ..lprrh/040
    Price: $ 1805    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ..bsuiz/037pmk REISSUED OCTAGONALS: Range of Octagonal numeral postmarks comprising "10" (of Stellenbosch) on 1d and on 1891 ½d stationery card from Stellenbosch to Pietermaritzberg uprated with Seated Hope ½d and cancelled by single strike; "30" (of Swellendam) (9 including - corner torn - cover to England), "51" (Bathurst, later Port Alfred) (9 items) and "53" (Prince Albert) (9 items); mostly fine strikes. A scarce group, especially in quantity thus. ..bsuiz/037
    Price: $ 575    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ...ebph/019P 1882-83 DIE PROOF for 2d (SG 42) in black on glazed card marked BEFORE HARDENING and dated 12 JUN 82. VF, scarce. ...ebph/019
    Price: $ 780    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ..gpnba/071F/P SPERATI FORGERY of the scarce 1882-83 5/- orange (SG 45) "unused" on apparently genuine Crown CA watermarked paper. Handstamped on reverse "Sperati/188/Reproduction" with pencil signature "Jean de Sperati". Fascinating, rare. ..gpnba/071
    Price: $ 1285    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope
    ..bsbux/027B/P 1900 IMPERF PLATE PROOF of 1d carmine Table Mountain (SG 69). F-VF/M/UM top left corner BLOCK OF FOUR. Scarce, attractive. ..bsbux/027
    Price: $ 615    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope - Vryburg Siege
    ..jatco/var* 1899 ½d green (SG 1). F/M example. (cv£200). ..jatco/var
    Price: $ 165    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope - Vryburg Siege
    ..lsnpj/081*V 1899 ½d green (SG 1var). An F/M example with "kiss" doubling of the overprint, particularly nicely-spaced impressions of the "½" and "C". Light internal gum wrinkle mentioned for accuracy. Interesting variation thus. (cv£200+). ..lsnpj/081
    Price: $ 460    		Please register to buy
    Cape of Good Hope - Vryburg Siege
    ...qpba/119oV 1899 ½d green 10mm surcharge (SG 1var). F/U with part Vryburg cds. Interesting "kiss" doubling of the "½", "P" and "Z""; pressed diagonal crease. Unusual. (cv£80++). ...qpba/119
    Price: $ 195    		Please register to buy

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